Dover finishes at .500 after 0-4 start

11:41 PM,
Nov. 19, 2012

Written by

Jim Hague
| For NJ Press Media

In 1998, when the NJSIAA expanded the football state playoff brackets from four teams to eight, the state's governing athletic body also added the so-called consolation games for teams that did not qualify for the playoffs.

That round of games, played on the same weekend of the first round of the state playoffs, really didn't live up to the name. There was no consolation for the teams left out of the playoffs, and the 10th game generally served as a reminder of those teams' respective failures in the regular season.

However, there are times when the consolation game has a significant meaning, ...